If the EMB uses technology to collect voter registration data, is biometric data captured and used during registration?

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Answer
Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos
Source

Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, Electoral (Voter Registration) Regulations, 2017, accessed 5 September 2023

7. (1) If a voter registration officer to whom a claim has been made determines that the claimant is qualified for registration as a voter he or she shall register the claimant by—

 (a) fi ling a completed VR Form; and

 (b) taking a passport size photograph of the claimant; and

 (c) taking the fingerprints of the claimant (except in cases where by reason of physical injury or illness this is not possible); and

 (d) capturing such other additional biometric features of the claimant as the Commission may, from time to time, determine by notice in the Gazette. […]

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